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On the recordJanuary 7, 2014
I find it ironic that, in an interest of presumably reducing risk, we adopt a Volcker Rule that, for instance, forbids banks from engaging in profitable activity.
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Pat Toomey
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Toomey critiques the Volcker Rule for limiting banks' profitable activities.

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